Horror Stories from Horrified - Volume One (2)

Ab Antiquo
Ab Incunabulis
Accipe Hoc
Liber o Nobis
Ex Infer nis
As if possessed to, Lily mutter ed the w or ds to her self. She star ed at the page for a
few seconds, befor e shaking her self out of the tr ance. The hair s on her neck stood
on end. She felt as though ther e was someone behind her. Watching.
Lily dr ew a deep br eath, tr ying to r egain her composur e and dispel the eer ie
thoughts. She fought the ur ge to look behind her befor e shutting the book. As she
gently placed it back into the cabinet, the book?s colour deepened again. And she
was sur e the gold leafing had spr ead fur ther acr oss the cover , towar ds her hand.
Lily let go of the book, pulling her hand away. Feeling a little uneasy, she closed
the glass cabinet.
In the r eflection of the glass was the figur e. Again.
Only this time, Lily was cer tain it wasn?t a tr ick of the light.
The figur e moved closer to Lily. She tr ied to look back at the book, to ignor e the
figur e in the hopes that it w ould per haps just go away. But it was in vain.
Deathly pale in colour , the figur e was cover ed in a long, tatter ed r obe that fell to
the floor. The stor e had once again gone silent as the thing slow ly r eached out a
w hite hand and extended its gnar led finger s towar ds Lily?s shoulder -
Lily w hipped her head back ar ound, fr ozen to the spot. Nothing. The silence
smother ed the stor e like a blanket, as Lily shiver ed. It suddenly felt aw fully cold.
Lily slapped her self out of it and decided she w ould continue to or ganise the
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